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Peace Education Network

The Peace Education Network brings together peace education practitioners and others committed to promoting education for peace. There's an annual conference and resources available for teachers and others. http://www.peaceeducation.org.uk

The Network members are:

Aik Saath
Anglican Pacifist Fellowship
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Coventry University (CPRS)
Coventry Peace House
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Institute for Law & Peace
Movement for the Abolition of War
Network for Peace
Pax Christi
Peace Pledge Union
Peace Research & Education Trust
Quaker Peace & Social Witness
The Peace Museum in Bradford
West Midland Quaker Peace Education Project
Woodcraft Folk

 

Conflict Resolution Network

A useful list of courses, links and resources available at: http://www.conflictresolutionnetwork.org.uk/

 

Academic courses - UK

Peace Studies at Bradford

Department of Peace Studies
University of Bradford
Bradford
  BD7 1DP

0)1274 235 235, Fax: 44 (0)1274 235 240, Email http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/peace/

INCORE

Established in 1993, INCORE (International Conflict research) is a joint project of the United Nations University and the University of Ulster.

INCORE,

University of Ulster, Magee Campus, Aberfoyle House,

Northland Road, Londonderry, BT48 7JA.
T
028 71375500 - F: 028 71375510 Email

http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/

Richardson Institute for Peace Studies

Department of Politics and International Relations

Lancaster University

Lancaster LA1 4YL

Tel: 01524-594262

Fax 01524-494238

Email

http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/richinst/home/index.htm

University of Leeds
School of Politics and International Studies
Leeds
LS2 9JT

T: 0113 343 6843
F: 0113 343 4400
W:
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/polis/study/MACourses.shtml

MA in Conflict , Development and Security

MA in Terrorism and Security

 

School of Applied Global Ethics, Leeds Metropolitan University, Room 202, The Grange, Headingley Campus, Beckett Park, Leeds LS6 3QS. D.Otter@leedsmet.ac.uk; 0113 283 2600 ext 5347. http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/lsif/sage

New postgraduate courses in peace, global ethics & conflict resolution

 

Queen's University Belfast
School
of Politics and International Studies
19-22 University Square
Belfast
BT7 1PA
Northern Ireland

T: 0 28 9097 3651 / 5028
F: 028 9023 5373

Website

MA in Comparative Ethnic Conflict

University of Sussex
Department of International Relations & Politics
Arts Building E
Falmer

Brighton
BN1 9SN
T: 01273 606755 ext: 2029

W:  http://www.sussex.ac.uk/irp/M1504T.html

MA in Contemporary War and Peace Studies

Centre for  Peace and Reconciliation Studies,
Coventry University, Coventry, CV1 5FB.
C.rank@coventry.ac.uk

www.coventry.ac.uk/peacestudy

30 June – 15 December

Postgraduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution Skills. 60 Credits at Master’s Level.

Distance Learning: 30 June – 15 December 2008

Summer School

20 July – 1 August 2008

The course is for: people seeking to be involved in peace building work in an area of conflict; those lacking practical experience or conflict-handling skills; who would benefit form a renewed focus on dynamics of conflict; those dealing with racism or social exclusion in statutory or non-governmental sector in the UK; members of organisations facing conflict over change within the workplace; those wanting to gain a range of theoretical and practical skills in understanding and dealing with conflict situations. The  course is delivered in 3 phases; an introductory on-line distance learning component; a residential summer school at Coventry University, and written assignments as part of the award assessment.  Details at www.coventry.ac.uk/peacestudy www.respond.org Applications and enquiries to: Dr Carol Rank, Centre for  Peace and Reconciliation Studies, Coventry University, Coventry, CV1 5FB. C.rank@coventry.ac.uk or courses@respond.org

 

University of Ulster

There are post-graduate degrees in Peace and Conflict Studies and undergraduate courses in Reconciliation Studies available at the University of Ulster’s Magee Campus. http://www.ulster.ac.uk/prospectus/course/?id=1106

University of Ulster, Magee campus, Northland Road, Londonderry, BT48 7JL

Telephone: 08 700 400 700, Email: online@ulster.ac.uk

http://www.ulster.ac.uk/campus/magee/

Some online resources at: http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/csc/

Kings College
Has courses on War Studies, Defence Studies and International Policy.

Strand,

London

WC2R 2LS. Tel: +44 (0) 20 7836 5454

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/

London Metropolitan University
Department of Law, Governance and International Relations
London North Campus
Harglenis Building
London
N7 8DB

T: 020 7133 4200

W: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/courses/

BA in Peace and Conflict Studies (Single hons)

BA in Peace and Conflict Studies (Joint hons)

School of Oriental & African Studies
Thornhaugh Street

Russell Square
London
WC1H 0XG

T: 020 7898 4404
F:020 7898 4829

W:  http://www.soas.ac.uk/studying/courseinfo.cfm?courseinfoid=54 

MSC in Violence, Conflict and Development

 

 

 

Training in Nonviolence and Conflict Resolution – UK & Ireland

 

*     Alternatives to Violence: http://www.avpbritain.org.uk/
Groups around the country organise short courses covering issues such as resolving conflicts, communication and forgiveness.

*       Centre for Nonviolent Communication, Center for Nonviolent Communication, 2428 Foothill Boulevard, Suite E, La Crescenta, CA 91214 USA http://www.nvc-uk.info Courses held in UK.

*       Conflict Resolution Network: http://www.conflictresolutionnetwork.org.uk/

*     Corrymeela Community, 8 Upper Crescent Belfast BT7 1NT Northern Ireland. Tele: 028 9050 8080  Fax: 028 9050 8070
Email http://www.corrymeela.org/

*      Kilcranny House, 21 Cranagh Road, Coleraine, BT51 3NN.  Tel: 028 7032 1816.  Email: Email
http://www.kilcrannyhouse.org/

*     Peaceworkers UK, C/o International Alert, 346 Clapham Road, London, SW9 9AP peaceworkers@international-alert.org 
tel +44 207 627 6839
http://www.peaceworkers.org.uk/training.html

*    Responding to Conflict, 1046 Bristol Road, Birmingham B29 6LJ, Telephone: +44 (0)121 415 5641 Fax/answerphone: +44 (0)121 415 4119 Email: enquiries@respond.org http://www.respond.org/ Offers in-house training, advice and mediation services.

*    The Co-operative College: http://www.co-op.ac.uk/

*     Turning the Tide: http://www.turning-the-tide.org/

*     NIACE (The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education)
Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester
LE1 6TP. Email
http://www.niace.org.uk/projects/Peace/Default.htm

*    Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
1046 Bristol Road, Birmingham, B29 6LJ
Tel: 0121 472 5171
Email: enquiries@woodbrooke.org.uk
Web: http://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/

*       Peace School
4 Park Avenue, Pudsey, Leeds, LS28 7TE. 0113 257 4572
mailto:info@peaceschool.org.uk
http://www.peaceschool.org.uk/
A year long programme exploring what it means to be a peacemaker in every area of life; local and global.

*       Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation, Glencree, Enniskerry, County Wicklow IRELAND. + 353 (0) 1 282 9711 E-mail: info@glencree.ie http://www.glencree.ie/

 

*       New Literacy http://www.newliteracy.co.uk/
New Literacy covers language, communication and environment. The latter is the ground we stand on. The soil that feeds us. Hence this project, which advocates a combined food, water and soil, climate, and energy literacy.”

*     LEAP. http://www.leaplinx.com/ Courses, training and publications for adults and young people. Email

*     Northern Friends Peace Board, Victoria Hall, Knowsley St, Bolton BL1 2AS Tel: 01204 382330 email http://nfpb.gn.apc.org/workshop.htm

*     Seeds for Change, 16b Cherwell Street, Oxford, OX4 1BG Email or Seeds for Change, 96 Church St, Lancaster, LA1 1TD Email Web: http://seedsforchange.org.uk  Offers free workshops and training for grassroots campaigners, also resources on campaigning skills and more.

*     Dr M A Fazal, a Lecturer in Law at Nottingham University  has many resources available specialising in Asia & the Middle East: http://www.angelfire.com/ok/mafazal/index.html

*    University of East Anglia Overseas Development Group
Norwich, NR4 7TJ T: 01603 592340 F: 01603 591170
W:
Click here Short course on Peacebuilding, Reconstruction and Development

*    Aik Saath, 323 High Street, Slough, SL1 1TX. 01753 574780 www.aiksaath.co.uk  info@aiksaath.com Offers training and workshops in conflict resolution and related skills for young people, groups and community workers.

*    Incentive Plus 6 Fernfield Farm, Whaddon Road, Little Horwood, Milton Keynes, MK17 0PR. Resources for promoting positive behaviour, conflict resolution, anti-bullying etc. http://www.incentiveplus.co.uk/

*     Children for Peace. The Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Trust, formed after the IRA attack on Warrington which killed 12 year old Tim Parry and 3 year old Johnathan Ball. Peace Drive, Great Sankey, Warrington, Cheshire WA5 1HQ info@childrenforpeace.org
http://www.childrenforpeace.org/

*     Scary Little Girls: www.scarylittlegirls.co.uk
Professional theatre company which offers workshops on conflict resolution for schools.

*    Transcend Peace University: http://www.transcend.org/tpu/

 

 

Peace Education for young people

On-line resources

 

*    Development Education Centre, South Yorkshire, Scotia Works, Leadmill Road, Sheffield, S1 4SE. tel.(+44) 0845 458 2957 or 0114 241 2750 Email http://www.decsy.org.uk/

*    Woodcraft Folk, Units 9/10, 83 Crampton Street, London SE17 3BF Email www.woodcraft.org.uk

*    Peace Insight: a new peace education organisation for young people. Teenagers learn how to prevent conflict, deal with bullying, fear and hatred. Email
http://peaceinsight.org/index.html

*    PeaceJam http://www.peacejam.org/
A charity that works to bring Nobel Peace Prizewinners and young people together to inspire them to stand up and take action in their communities.

 

*    Teaching and Learning for Peace, South Australia http://www.tlpeace.org.au/
Thoroughly recommended for teachers interested in peace-building activities & stories.

*     Hague Appeal for Peace:
http://www.haguepeace.org/

*     CND pages on Peace Education: http://www.cnduk.org/pages/ed/ped.html

*     Come Clean – The WMD Awareness Programme: http://www.comeclean.org.uk/learning.php

*     Class of Nonviolence: www.salsa.net/peace/conv/index.html

*     Nigerian Centre for Peace Education: http://www.nicped.interconnection.org/

*     Conflict Resolution Network
Australian based, lots of free downloads
http://www.crnhq.org/index.html

*     New Literacy
A
project, which advocates a combined food, water and soil, climate, and energy literacy.
http://www.newliteracy.co.uk/index.html

*     Intute
a free online service providing access to the very best Web resources for education and research.http://www.intute.ac.uk

 

Academic courses - overseas

*          Arcadia University

*          Juniata College - Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) - faculty, student, and alumni information.

*          University of California at Berkeley

*          University of California Irvine - Global Peace and Conflict Studies - dedicated to research, teaching, and public service in the study of international conflict and conflict resolution.

*          University of New Brunswick - includes the academic programme and the Centre for Conflict Studies.

*          University of Sydney - Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies

*          University of Toronto

*          Eastern Mennonite University Conflict Transformation Program  offers M.A. degrees in Conflict Transformation and applied practice through its Institute for Peacebuilding.

*          Fresno Pacific University Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies

*          George Mason University - Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR) - offers doctorate and master's degrees.

*          Universitat Jaume I de Castelló - Peace and Development Studies Master of Arts Programme. An international graduate programme in Peace Studies in Castellón, Spain. Courses instructed in English.

*          University of Notre Dame - Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies@

*          Conrad Grebel University College, at the University of Waterloo, in Canada, offers a Bachelor's degree in Peace and Conflict Studies. A link to the Institute is available at http://grebel.uwaterloo.ca/ipacs. A link to the Certificate Programs is available at http://grebel.uwaterloo.ca/certificate

*          The European University Center for Peace Studies (EPU) www.epu.ac.at

 

 

 

 

Training in IT and other useful skills

 

*    Parli-Training: http://www.parli-training.co.uk/index.htm How to manage the media, lobbying, parliamentary procedure.

*    NCVO: www.ncvo-vol.org.uk NCVO runs Campaigning Masterclasses and courses on finance – always useful to the voluntary sector!

*    Interquad:  http://www.interquad.com/ Computer courses.

*    Happy Computers: http://www.happy.co.uk/
Offers free Office software manuals to download as well as courses.

*    IT Train On-Line: http://www.itrainonline.org/ A joint initiative of six organisations all with exceptional expertise in computer and Internet training.

*    London Voluntary Services Council: http://www.actionlink.org.uk/lvsc Courses on management, team building, equal opportunities, fundraising etc.

*    GreenNet: http://www.gn.apc.org/training/index.html Internet training courses.

 

Diary of Short Courses

Email us with your courses!

 

2010

18 - 21 May
LONDON.
All Good Development Causes Conflict: Conflict Sensitivity and Development Programming. This highly practical course is designed to help development practitioners include the ‘conflict’ dimension into their work. The course will help participants minimize the possible negative interaction between their interventions and conflict dynamics; and help them think through opportunities for using development programming to have a positive impact on conflict dynamics. The course will draw on real case studies of conflict sensitivity practice in a range of settings and will encourage participants to use the learning space created by the course to examine examples from their own work. Cost £600 email trainingandlearning@international-alert.org International Alert, 346 Clapham Road, London SW9 9AP. 020 7627 6800 http://www.international-alert.org

3 – 24 June
LONDON.
Dialogue Facilitation Skills - Level II. A four week course on Thursday evenings exploring further tools and techniques for dialogue and interfaith facilitation. Aimed at anyone leading diverse groups. It is helpful to have completed a previous St Ethelburga's course on dialogue facilitation skills, but not essential. More info:  justine@stethelburgas.org £30. 6.30pm St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG. 020 7496 1610 www.stethelburgas.org

5 June
LONDON
. Exploring Forgiveness: facilitating discussion through story sharing. Explore the nature of forgiveness and alternatives to revenge in a day’s workshop which draws on the learning, resources and personal stories from the Forgiveness Project. With Marina Cantacuzino (director & founder of The Forgiveness Project), and Bernd Leygraf (consultant psychotherapist). 10 – 5. St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AG. 020 7496 1610 enquiries@stethelburgas.org  http://tinyurl.com/yl5ay5t

21 – 28 June
LANDGRAAF, THE NETHERLANDS.
Reintegration of Ex-Combatants. This course has the specific aim of bringing together highly experienced practitioners, policy makers and donors from around the world to share experience and develop a common understanding of approaches to reintegration. The course builds upon the principles of the Integrated DDR standards as developed by the interagency working group on DDR. Best practice on economic and social reintegration are taught by a pool of experienced trainers, and further explored and challenged by the participants. It further explores new practices, theories and actual discussions such as the demanded shift towards Community Based Reintegration (CBR), the linking of reintegration to Security Sector Reform (SSR) and the tensions of combining Reintegration with Transitional Justice mechanism (TJ) email trainingandlearning@international-alert.org International Alert, 346 Clapham Road, London SW9 9AP. 020 7627 6800 http://www.international-alert.org

5 – 7 July
LONDON.
Integrating gender consideration into peacebuilding and conflict responses. Stockwell London.email trainingandlearning@international-alert.org International Alert, 346 Clapham Road, London SW9 9AP. 020 7627 6800 http://www.international-alert.org

29 September – 1 October
LONDON.
A Climate of Conflict: Conflict Sensitive Programming and Climate. This highly practical course is designed to help a range of practitioners and policy makers in the fields of development, peacebuilding, humanitarian aid and environmental programming to integrate the risks and opportunities presented by climate change into conflict sensitive programme design and implementation. Cost £450 email trainingandlearning@international-alert.org International Alert, 346 Clapham Road, London SW9 9AP. 020 7627 6800 http://www.international-alert.org

5 – 7 November
AMMERDOWN.
Workshop: Living life authentically requires looking closely at our values and examining how we live them out. Then we can recognise damaging behaviour, thought and communication patterns, and begin to learn and practice new ways of interacting - using compassion and nonviolence to transform relationships of oppression and violence. Participants of this weekend workshop will have space to reflect on and share what living authentically means for you/us and explore how living authentically can be a force of positive social change. We will work in a participatory, organic way. The methods include everything from whole/small group discussions, games, drama, drawing, quiet reflection time, video and much more. Join Turning the Tide and St Ethelburgas Centre for Reconciliation and Peace for this weekend workshop at the lovely Ammerdown Centre: http://www.ammerdown.org/index.htm For bookings contact the Ammerdown Centre: http://www.ammerdown.org/contactus.htm, for more information about the course, contact Turning the Tide  http://www.turning-the-tide.org/about .

9 – 12 November
LONDON.
Crisis and Conflict: Conflict Sensitive Practice in the of Emergency. This will be a highly interactive training course which will use a mix of teaching and participatory methodologies. Lessons from previous humanitarian experiences will be brought in to illustrate theories and frameworks and it is hoped that participants will bring a wealth of comparative knowledge and experiences into the discussions throughout the course. Different perspectives, constraints, realities and opportunities will be brought together through practical group work. Cost £600 email trainingandlearning@international-alert.org International Alert, 346 Clapham Road, London SW9 9AP. 020 7627 6800 http://www.international-alert.org

2  - 3 December
LONDON.
Two day training with ICCI and Corrymeela - sharing learning from Israel-Palestine, Northern Ireland and London. £95/£50.
For information about the training days offered In Jerusalem (Sept 13-16) and Belfast (Nov 29-30) contact tent@stethelburgas.org. St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AG. 020 7496 1610. http://tinyurl.com/33gvx4f